Gwynne Dyer
Journalist, Author
1943 –
Who is Gwynne Dyer?
Gwynne Dyer, OC is a London-based independent Canadian journalist, syndicated columnist and military historian.
Dyer was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and joined the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve at the age of sixteen. While still in the naval reserve, he obtained a BA in history from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1963; an MA in military history from Rice University, Houston, Texas, in 1966; and a PhD in military and Middle Eastern history at King's College London in 1973. Dyer served in the Canadian, American and British naval reserves. He was employed as a senior lecturer in war studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, 1973-77. In 1973 he began writing articles for leading London newspapers on the Arab-Israeli conflict, and soon decided to abandon academic life for a full-time career in journalism. In 2010, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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- Born
- Apr 17, 1943
St. John's - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- King's College London
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- University of London
- Rice University
- Lived in
- St. John's
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on July 23, 2013
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